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    Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island

    by Deborah Rivel, Kellye Rosenheim

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    • ISBN-13: 9781611686784
    • Publisher: University Press of New England
    • Publication date: 05/03/2016
    • Pages: 320
    • Sales rank: 427,782
    • Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

    DEBORAH RIVEL is an award-winning wildlife film producer/director and owner of WildTones.com, and serves on the board of Audubon New York. She lives in New York City and near birding hotspot Cape May, New Jersey, and has traveled to six continents in search of birds. KELLYE ROSENHEIM is a popular leader of bird walks in Central Park and Jamaica Bay and works for the New York City Audubon Society.

    Table of Contents

    Contents
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    MANHATTAN
    Key Sites
    Central Park
    Inwood Hill Park
    Fort Tryon Park
    Sherman Creek and Swindler Cove
    Randall’s Island
    Governors Island
    Hudson River Greenway Biking
    The Battery
    Other Places to Find Birds in Manhattan
    Bryant Park
    Madison Square Park
    Union Square Park
    Washington Square Park
    Morningside Park
    Riverside Park and “the Drip”
    Carl Schurz Park and the East River
    Peter Detmold Park
    Uniquely Manhattan Birding
    BROOKLYN
    Key Sites
    Prospect Park
    Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Green-Wood Cemetery
    Floyd Bennett Field
    Dead Horse Bay and Dead Horse Point
    Coastal Brooklyn Winter Waterfowl Viewing
    Brooklyn Bridge Park
    Bush Terminal Piers Park
    Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
    Owls Head Park and American Veterans Memorial Pier
    Gravesend Bay
    Calvert Vaux Park
    Coney Island Creek
    Coney Island Creek Park
    Coney Island Pier
    Plumb Beach
    Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
    Dead Horse Bay and Dead Horse Point
    Canarsie Pier
    Canarsie Park
    Fresh Creek Park
    Hendrix Creek and Betts Creek
    Spring Creek Park
    Other Places to Find Birds in Brooklyn
    Brooklyn Bridge Park
    Bush Terminal Piers Park
    Owls Head Park and American Veterans Memorial Pier
    Calvert Vaux Park
    Plumb Beach
    Four Sparrow Marsh
    QUEENS
    Key Sites
    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
    Big Egg Marsh, aka Broad Channel American Park
    Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden
    Breezy Point
    Edgemere Landfill
    Forest Park
    Queens Botanical Garden
    Alley Pond Park and Oakland Lake
    Other Places to Find Birds in Queens
    Baisley Pond Park
    Rockaway Beach Endangered Species Nesting Area
    Kissena Park and Corridor
    Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    Willow Lake
    World’s Fair Marina
    Highland Park and Ridgewood Reservoir
    Cemetery of the Evergreens
    THE BRONX
    Key Sites
    Pelham Bay Park
    New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Zoo
    Van Cortlandt Park
    Other Places to Find Birds in the Bronx
    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Wave Hill
    Riverdale Park / Raoul Wallenberg Forest Preserve
    Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park
    North Brother and South Brother Islands
    STATEN ISLAND
    Key Sites
    Clove Lakes Park
    Great Kills Park
    Blue Heron Park Preserve
    Wolfe’s Pond Park and Acme Pond
    Lemon Creek Park
    Mount Loretto Unique Area and North Mount Loretto State Forest
    Long Pond Park
    Conference House Park
    Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
    High Rock Park and Conservation Center and Moses Mountain
    Mariner’s Marsh Park
    Goethals Pond Complex, Including Bridge Creek, Old Place Creek Park, and Goethals Pond
    Snug Harbor and Allison Pond Park
    Willowbrook Park
    Miller Field, Midland Beach, and South Beach
    Other Places to Find Birds on Staten Island
    King Fisher Park
    Oakwood Beach
    Moses Mountain
    Fort Wadsworth
    Silver Lake Park
    Tottenville Train Station
    Other Greenbelt Parks
    Reed’s Basket Willow Swamp
    LaTourette Park
    In Case You Were Wondering
    Freshkills Park
    Harbor Herons Complex—Shooters and Prall’s Islands
    Staten Island Ferry
    NASSAU COUNTY
    Key Sites
    Jones Beach State Park
    Point Lookout
    Nickerson Beach
    Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
    Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
    Hempstead Lake State Park
    Massapequa Preserve and Tackapausha Museum and Preserve
    John F. Kennedy Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, Tobay Beach
    South Shore Winter Freshwater Birding
    Grant Park Pond and Willow Pond
    Lofts Pond Park
    Milburn Pond
    Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
    Camman’s Pond Park
    Mill Pond Park and Twin Lakes Preserve, Including Wantagh Pond and Seaman Pond
    Massapequa Preserve and Tackapausha Preserve
    The North Shore
    Muttontown Preserve
    Leeds Pond Preserve
    Sands Point Preserve
    Whitney Pond Park
    William Cullen Bryant Preserve
    Garvies Point Preserve
    Welwyn Preserve
    Stehli Beach Preserve and Charles E. Ransom Beach
    Centre Island Town Park
    Bailey Arboretum
    Shu Swamp (Charles T. Church Nature Sanctuary)
    Upper and Lower Francis Ponds
    Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
    Mill Pond in Oyster Bay
    Sagamore Hill
    St. John’s Pond Preserve
    Uplands Farm Sanctuary
    SUFFOLK COUNTY
    Western Suffolk
    Robert Moses State Park
    Sunken Forest at Sailors Haven, and Watch Hill
    Smith Point County Park
    Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
    Captree State Park and Gilgo Beach
    Caumsett State Historic Park
    Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
    Tung Ting Pond and Mill Pond
    Sunken Meadow State Park
    Blydenburgh Park
    David Weld Sanctuary
    Connetquot River State Park
    Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park
    Heckscher State Park
    Central Suffolk County, Including the Grasslands
    Wading River Marsh Preserve
    Wildwood State Park
    Hulse Landing Road
    EPCAL
    Calverton Ponds Preserve, Preston’s Pond, and Swan Pond
    “The Buffalo Farm”
    Golden Triangle Sod Farms
    The South Fork and Shelter Island
    Shinnecock Bay and Inlet
    Dune Road
    Cupsogue Beach County Park
    Mecox Bay
    Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island
    The North Fork
    Orient Point County Park
    Plum Island
    Orient Beach State Park
    Ruth Oliva Preserve at Dam Pond
    Inlet Pond County Park
    Moore’s Woods
    Arshamomaque Preserve
    Arshamomaque Pond Preserve
    Cedar Beach County Park
    Goldsmith’s Inlet Park
    Nassau Point of Little Hog Neck
    Downs Farm Preserve
    Marratooka Lake Park (Marratooka Pond)
    Husing Pond Preserve
    Laurel Lake
    Montauk Peninsula
    Montauk Point State Park and Camp Hero State Park
    Shadmoor State Park and Ditch Plains
    Hither Hills State Park
    Hook Pond
    SPECIES ACCOUNTS
    Rarities
    Accidentals
    Bibliography
    Index

    What People are Saying About This

    Kenn Kaufman

    “Phenomenally well done, beautifully organized, and packed with useful information. From now on, I'll be using this book every time I visit New York.”

    Victor Emanuel

    “A practical guide to finding birds, full of insider info. All my favorite NYC birding haunts and some soon-to-be-discovered ones described in glorious detail. A must for every NYC-area birder—local and visitor alike.”

    Scott Weidensaul

    “Chatty, informative, precise, enthusiastic, and the soul of practicality—in other words, this is exactly what you want in a wise and experienced birding companion. Deborah Rivel and Kellye Rosenheim share not only the best hotspots but the best vantage points, times of day for photography, whether a scope will help or get you cussed at by joggers, where to eat, where to find a bathroom, how to navigate public transportation, and even suggestions for what else to do when you're finally done birding. Easily one of the best—maybe the best—regional birding guides anywhere.”

    David Yarnold

    “This terrific guide is all you need to go birding in New York. From the ‘best of’ tips about where to go and what you’ll see—to the historical context—the authors set you up for great birding experiences. All you need to do is grab a copy of this book, your binoculars, and your friends or family and head out to see the birdy boroughs of New York.”

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    This easy-to-use guide gives seasonal information for both popular birding sites and those off the beaten path. Precise directions to the best viewing locations within the region’s diverse habitats enable birdwatchers to efficiently explore urban and wild birding hotspots.

    Over 500 species of birds can be seen in New York City’s five boroughs and on Long Island, one of the most densely populated and urbanized regions in North America, which also happens to be situated directly on the Atlantic Flyway. In this fragmented environment of scarce resources, birds concentrate on what’s available. This means that high numbers of birds are found in small spaces. In fact, Central Park alone attracts over 225 species of birds, which birders from around the world flock to see during spring and fall migration.

    Beyond Central Park, the five boroughs and Long Island have numerous wildlife refuges of extraordinary scenic beauty where resident and migratory birds inhabit forests, wetlands, grasslands, and beaches. These special places present an opportunity to see a wide array of songbirds, endangered nesting shorebirds, raptors, and an unprecedented number and variety of waterfowl.

    Including the latest information on the seasonal status and distribution of more than 400 species, with 39 maps and over 50 photographs, this full-color guide features information essential to planning a birding visit. It will become the go-to book for both the region’s longtime birders and those exploring the area for the first time.

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    From the Publisher

    “Into birding? Know 400 species populate NYC. Wait. There’s even cedar waxwings and great crested flycatchers. Plus we got us chestnut-sided warblers and merlins. See an American redstart. A black skimmer. A Wilson’s warbler. Visit my terrace and mix with my nesting mourning dove family. Better yet, read Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island by Deborah Rivel and Kellye Rosenheim.”
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